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Space Force Retires Its Last Defense Support Program Satellites
Original: Defense Support Program: Space Force Retires Its Last DSP Satellites
The US Space Force has retired the final Defense Support Program (DSP) satellites, closing out a decades-old infrared early-warning constellation that detected missile launches from orbit. The satellites, first launched in the 1970s, were gradually replaced by the Space-Based Infrared System. Observers are marking the end of an era in American missile-warning history as the legacy fleet is formally decommissioned.
Why now: The retirement of the pioneering DSP satellites marks the end of a Cold War-era missile-warning program, a milestone for US space policy watchers.
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